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• Same-day quote • Insured up to €2.5 million
• No call-out charges and no weekend surcharge
Why choose Holland Movers as your moving company in Groningen?
- You pay no call-out charges and no return charges, anywhere in the Netherlands.
- Your belongings are insured up to 2.5 million euros, with no excess. That cover is unique in the moving industry.
- No call-out charges and no return charges, which for a move to or from the north is the largest single difference between quotes.
- Our movers speak English, and your quote is transparent and itemised.
- More than 80,000 moves since 1973, and around 400 international moves a year.
- Moving on a Saturday or Sunday is possible, with no weekend surcharge.
Local knowledge: moving in and around Groningen
The centre inside the Diepenring is medieval, largely car-free and full of tall, narrow houses that have been split into flats. Staircases are steep, hallways are narrow and the loading window in your street decides when we can work. We drive box trucks so we can get close at all.
Outside the ring, in the Oosterpark and Korrewegwijk districts, you find pre-war portico flats without lifts, and in Europapark and Meerstad recent new build with lifts, wide streets and a driveway. Around Zernike the housing is student flats with fixed contract dates.
How long does a move in Groningen take?
A move in Groningen usually takes 5 to 8 hours and is finished in one day. A student flat at Zernike is done in three hours; a split canal house inside the Diepenring takes a full day.
Because you pay for the hours actually worked, the duration is the price. That is why your advisor checks the stairs, the lift and the parking during the free survey and gives you an estimate of the expected duration with your quote.
What does a move in Groningen cost?
A move in Groningen with Holland Movers usually costs between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. A studio can be less, a family house with packing more. The distance to Groningen does not appear on your quote. What remains is the staircase and the loading window.
Below are five examples of moves we carry out in and around Groningen, with the home, the team and the amount. They give you a better feel for the price than a calculator does.
| Example move | Home and access | Team and duration | Indication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student room inside the Diepenring to a studio in Europapark | 28 m², steep stairs to a lift | 2 movers, 3 hours | €620 |
| Two-bedroom flat in the Oosterpark to a flat in Europapark | 70 m², third floor without lift, moving lift used | 3 movers, 5.5 hours | €1,150 |
| Split canal house inside the Diepenring to a family house in Haren | 110 m², narrow hallway, loading window, moving lift | 4 movers, 8 hours | €1,750 |
| Family house in Meerstad to Amsterdam, full service with packing | 125 m², packed the day before | 4 movers, 2 days | €2,800 |
| Detached house in Haren to Germany | 150 m², international, in our own vehicles | 4 movers, 3 days | €3,900 |
Recognise your own situation in one of these? Then that indication is close. Your advisor confirms the exact amount during the free survey.
Groningen moving costs by type of home
These are the indications we work with. The duration determines the amount, so the floor you live on, the presence of a lift and the volume of your belongings weigh heavier than the number of kilometres.
| Type of home | Duration | Indication |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or one-bedroom flat | 3 to 4 hours | €600 to €850 |
| Two-bedroom flat | 4 to 6 hours | €850 to €1,200 |
| Three-bedroom flat with lift | 6 to 8 hours | €1,200 to €1,700 |
| Family house | 7 to 9 hours | €1,500 to €2,000 |
| Detached house | from 8 hours | from €2,000 |
You pay no call-out charges and no weekend surcharge. Your advisor confirms the exact amount during the free survey, so nothing is added afterwards.
A free survey and one advisor for your move in Groningen
Every move starts with a free survey, at your home or online, with the advisor who stays your contact from the first call to the last box. Together you go through the rooms, the access and the date, and you receive a transparent, itemised quote with no hidden costs.
Because Groningen is a distance from our depot, we do the survey online as often as at your home. It costs you nothing and gives us the same picture of the access.
Insured up to 2.5 million euros for your move in Groningen
Your belongings are insured up to 2.5 million euros with no excess during the move. That cover applies as standard, you do not arrange or pay for it separately, and it is unique in the Dutch moving industry.
The people carrying your furniture are our own trained movers, not day labour hired for the occasion. They work with furniture blankets, edge protection and floor covering, and they are used to fragile items: artwork, a piano, a full display cabinet.
Full service moving in Groningen
With full service you do not lift anything at all. We deliver the packing materials, pack every room and label the boxes per room, take apart what needs taking apart, transport it, rebuild it at your new address and unpack the boxes again. Your beds are made up and your kitchen is usable the same evening.
You can also choose parts of it. Many clients in Groningen have us pack the kitchen and the fragile items and do the rest themselves. Our handyman service takes down a fitted wardrobe or remounts your TV on the day itself.
Temporary storage during your move in Groningen
If the dates of your old and new home do not line up, we store your belongings in our own secure storage. Your inventory stays in the same crates and blankets it was loaded in, and the same team brings it to your new address when you are ready.
Common in Groningen, where a tenancy often ends in July and the new home only becomes available in September. More about moving and storage.
Senior relocation in Groningen
Moving to a smaller home or a care residence asks for a different pace. We work in the order that keeps the day calm: the bedroom and the bathroom first, so there is a made bed and a working bathroom before anything else is unpacked.
We hang the pictures back in the same arrangement, reconnect the television and take away what is not coming along. Family often lives elsewhere, so we keep one contact person informed throughout the day. See our senior relocation.
Moving with a moving lift in Groningen
When a wardrobe or a sofa will not go down the stairs, we move it through the window with our own moving lift. You generally need one from the second floor upwards, or when large furniture cannot be manoeuvred safely through the stairwell.
In the split houses inside the Diepenring and the portico flats of the Korrewegwijk that is standard. Your advisor measures the stairwell and the window frame during the survey and decides then whether the moving lift is needed, so it is planned in advance and included in the quote.
Packing service and moving boxes in Groningen
You can rent boxes and packing materials from us, or have us pack everything. A two-person household needs around 30 to 40 boxes; a family house 60 or more. We deliver them before the move and collect them afterwards, so you are not left with a hallway full of cardboard.
Glassware, artwork and electronics go into materials made for them rather than into newspaper. More about our packing service.
Requesting your move in Groningen
There are two routes, and they are separate. Request a moving quote and you receive an indication the same day. Or book a free moving survey, at your home or online, and we go through everything with you first.
After that it is four steps: the survey, your itemised quote, the confirmation of the date, and the move itself. You keep the same advisor throughout, and changes to the date, the volume or the equipment are possible at any stage.
- A quote the same day.
- No call-out charges and no return charges.
- Insured up to 2.5 million euros with no excess.
- A personal moving advisor from start to finish.
- Very flexible in changing your moving day.
- No weekend surcharge.
Business moves in Groningen
We move offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. In Groningen that is often an office in the centre with a loading window, or a laboratory at Zernike with its own access rules.
You get one project contact, a floor plan per workstation and labelled crates, so your people can start working again the next morning. More on business relocation.
Why clients in Groningen choose Holland Movers
Because we are flexible where it counts and fixed where it matters. The moving date, the volume of your belongings and the equipment can change at any stage of the relocation. The insurance cover, the absence of call-out charges and the team you were promised do not.
Holland Movers is rated 4.6 out of 5 based on more than 650 Google reviews, and has been moving households since 1973. You can read a selection of those reviews higher up this page.
International moving from and to Groningen
As international movers we carry out around 400 moves a year, almost all of them within Europe and all of them in our own vehicles. Your belongings are never transferred into a container or handed to a foreign partner along the way: the team that loads in Groningen also unloads.
An international move from Groningen starts at around 3,000 euros and is quoted as a fixed price, because the route and the volume are known in advance. Common destinations are moving to Germany, moving to Belgium and moving to France.
Moving within Groningen
A large share of our work here is people moving from one part of Groningen to another. Within the town the distance is never the problem: the stairs, the door widths and where the truck can stand are.
A student room inside the Diepenring to a flat in Europapark, or a portico flat in the Oosterpark to a house in Meerstad. We plan a local move around exactly those points, which is why the survey looks at the access before it looks at anything else.
Moving to Groningen as an expat
The University of Groningen and the university medical centre make this one of the most international cities in the north. A large share of the moves we do here are researchers, medical staff and international students, and the calendar follows the academic year: most of it happens in July, August and September.
Register with the municipality
You must register your new address with the municipality. You can do so from four weeks before your moving date and no later than five days after. Register later and the municipality uses the date of your notification as your official moving date, which can affect your benefits, your local taxes and your parking permit. Municipalities may also impose a fine of up to 325 euros.
Moving to the Netherlands for the first time and staying longer than four months? Then you register in the Personal Records Database and receive your citizen service number, the BSN. Staying for less than four months? Then you can request a BSN through the Non-residents Records Database instead. Bring a valid passport and a rental or purchase contract. If you are moving in with someone, you also need a signed consent form from the main occupant.
Already living in the Netherlands and moving again?
If you move to a different municipality, you only register with the new one: it automatically deregisters you from the old one. You never have to deregister yourself, unless you are leaving the country. We handle these moves in the same way as any other, with no call-out charges and no return charges wherever in the Netherlands you go. Full details are on our page about change of address.
Moving from Groningen to another city?
Then the distance is included in the calculation, but you still pay no call-out charges and no return charges. The routes we drive most from Groningen are to moving company Almere, moving company Enschede, moving company Amsterdam, moving company Utrecht and moving company Harlingen.
Moving to a different municipality? Then you only register with the new one: it automatically deregisters you from the old one. You never have to deregister yourself, unless you are leaving the country.
Neighbourhoods and access in Groningen
Groningen has four kinds of address, and they range across five centuries.
Inside the Diepenring
Tall, narrow houses split into flats, with steep staircases and narrow hallways, in car-free streets with loading windows. The moving lift is standard and the loading window sets the hours.
Oosterpark and Korrewegwijk
Pre-war portico flats without lifts. Modest volumes, but three or four flights of stairs and a turn that furniture does not always make.
Europapark, Meerstad and the new build
Lifts, wide streets and a driveway. The quickest days, with completion dates that can shift.
Zernike and the student flats
Small volumes, fixed dates. Contracts start and end on set days, so the timing matters more than the size.
Moving service Groningen
Private relocation
Every move is different, so we plan yours around your home rather than around a standard package. From a studio to a family house, our team goes through the rooms, the access and the date with you in advance, and the same crew carries out the move from the first box to the last screw.
International moving
We carry out around 400 international moves a year, almost all of them within Europe. Your belongings travel in our own vehicles and are never transferred into a container or handed to a foreign partner along the way, so the team that loads in Groningen is the team that unloads at your new address.
Handyman service
A fitted wardrobe that has to come apart, a window frame that has to come out, a television that needs remounting. Our handyman does that on the moving day itself, so you are not waiting for a second appointment with someone else.
Moving lift
When a wardrobe or a sofa will not fit down the stairs, we move it through the window with our own moving lift. Your advisor measures the stairwell and the window frame during the survey and decides then whether the lift is needed, so it is planned rather than improvised.
Emergency relocation
A move at short notice because of a sale that went through quickly, a job that starts sooner than expected or a landlord who needs the keys. We keep capacity free for urgent work and can often start within a few days in Groningen.
Business relocation
Offices, laboratories, shops and hotels, usually outside opening hours so your business keeps running. You get one project contact, a floor plan per workstation and labelled crates, so your people can start working again the next morning.
Storage
If the dates of your old and new address do not line up, we store your belongings in our own secure storage. Your inventory stays in the same crates and blankets it was loaded in, and the same team brings it over when you are ready.
Packing service
We pack every room for you, label the boxes per room and unpack them again at your new address. Glassware, artwork and electronics go into materials made for them rather than into newspaper. You can also have us pack only the kitchen and the fragile items.
Senior relocation
Moving to a smaller home or a care residence asks for a different pace. We start with the bedroom and the bathroom, so there is a made bed and a working bathroom before anything else is unpacked, and we hang the pictures back in the same arrangement.
House clearance
Clearing a home completely, after a move or after a death, with reuse and proper disposal of what is left behind. We hand the property over broom clean and provide the documentation the landlord or the estate agent asks for.
What does it cost to move to Groningen?
The costs of a move are very diverse. This is because every move is unique and requires different conditions. How many square meters is your old home, how many moving boxes need to be transported? Do you also need a moving lift, multiple moving trucks, or does the move need to be done in a hurry? All these variables play a role in determining your moving costs. With us, you can schedule a viewing for your move or request a non-binding quote. This way, you avoid surprises after the move.
How do I pay for the move in Groningen?
The payment must take place after the end of each removal day and must be paid by PIN. You will receive the invoice in the week after the move on Tuesday.
To whom should I report my move in Groningen?
Are you moving from another place to Groningen? Or even from abroad? Then you can report your move on the website of the municipality of Groningen. In addition, you can inform yourself about some other important matters. Think about things like dentist, pharmacy, general practitioner, bank and for all formal organizations from which you receive mail.
Within what timeframe will I receive the quote after my request?
The quote will be sent to you the same day (if requested before 17:00)
Are there any costs associated with receiving a quote?
No, there are no costs associated with receiving a quote from Holland Movers.
How can I accept the quote?
As we strive to ensure that the entire relocation process is as seamless as possible for you, we would like to kindly inform you that you may confirm the price estimate simply by responding to our email. It is no longer necessary to provide a signature.
Are my belongings insured during the move in/to Groningen?
Yes, your belongings are insured during the move up to €2.500.000. In addition, we do not apply a deductible in the event of damage. The insurance coverage is included in the quote provided by Holland Movers.
Are there any surcharges for a move on the weekend?
International Removals by Holland Movers
At Holland Movers, we believe that flexibility is key to ensuring a smooth and stress-free international removal. Our first priority is to meet your unique needs and wishes. That's why we offer a flexible approach that allows you to make changes and adjustments throughout the entire international removal.
Whether you need to modify your moving date, the volume of your household items, or the type of moving equipment that is required, we're here to help. Our team of experts is also available to provide you with expert relocation advice to ensure that your move with our international moving company Holland Movers goes as smoothly as possible.
- Same day cost estimation and fixed quote after your viewing
- No mixed transports during international removals
- No call-out charges for international removals
- Ensured up to 2.5 million euros with no own risk
- Personal relocation advisor
- Very flexible in changing your moving day
- No weekend surcharge
Request a quote via our online form
Receive a response on the same day
We carefully review your move
You will receive a customized quote from us
Quality. Flexible. Safe.
Your wishes are always central at Holland Movers. We always take the time to carefully and extensively discuss your move and your wishes in this regard. This way you know exactly what you can expect from us and we are well aware of your expectations. This way you will not have to deal with unpleasant surprises afterwards.
About us
We have been active as a moving company since 1973, and in our 50+ years of experience we have helped more than 80,000 of expats move.
Headquarters:
Amsterdam branch:
H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 159, 1096 AM Amsterdam
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